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Learn JavaScript - Scope Cheatsheet - Codecademy

The document explains the concept of scope in JavaScript, detailing various types such as global, file/module, function, and code block scope. It highlights the use of block scoped variables with 'const' and 'let', which are only accessible within their respective blocks. Additionally, it discusses global variables that are declared outside of functions or blocks, emphasizing the best practice of minimizing their use.

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Learn JavaScript - Scope Cheatsheet - Codecademy

The document explains the concept of scope in JavaScript, detailing various types such as global, file/module, function, and code block scope. It highlights the use of block scoped variables with 'const' and 'let', which are only accessible within their respective blocks. Additionally, it discusses global variables that are declared outside of functions or blocks, emphasizing the best practice of minimizing their use.

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Cheatsheets / Learn JavaScript

Scope

Scope

Scope is a concept that refers to where values and function myFunction() {


functions can be accessed.
Various scopes include:
Global scope (a value/function in the global var pizzaName = "Volvo";
scope can be used anywhere in the entire // Code here can use pizzaName
program)
File or module scope (the value/function can only
be accessed from within the file) }
Function scope (only visible within the function),
Code block scope (only visible within a { ...
// Code here can't use pizzaName
} codeblock)

Block Scoped Variables

const and let are block scoped variables, meaning const isLoggedIn = true;
they are only accessible in their block or nested blocks. In
the given code block, trying to print the
statusMessage using the console.log() if (isLoggedIn == true) {
method will result in a ReferenceError . It is const statusMessage = 'User is logged
accessible only inside that if block. in.';
}

console.log(statusMessage);

// Uncaught ReferenceError: statusMessage


is not defined
Global Variables

JavaScript variables that are declared outside of blocks // Variable declared globally
or functions can exist in the global scope, which means
const color = 'blue';
they are accessible throughout a program. Variables
declared outside of smaller block or function scopes are
accessible inside those smaller scopes. function printColor() {
Note: It is best practice to keep global variables to a
console.log(color);
minimum.
}

printColor(); // Prints: blue

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